A Redditor walking into a local Walmart and buying a piece of unreleased, unannounced tech sounds like a made-up story. But according to a post on the social platform, it actually happened.
Redditor Plastic_Development1 claims they walked into a Walmart and bought a pair of Samsung Galaxy Buds 3 Pro earbuds, which are expected to be shown off during Samsung’s yearly Unpacked event takes place on July 10.
The interesting part of this story is that the earbuds haven’t even been formally announced yet. And while we are expecting myriad announcements in the form of a new Galaxy Z Fold 6, Galaxy Z Flip 6, the highly anticipated Galaxy Ring and a whole host of things about Galaxy AI, we’re also potentially about to see a set of earbuds.
Plastic_Development1 says they purchased the earbuds from their local Walmart for $250. That would put them in the same neighborhood as the Galaxy Buds 2 Pro, which retailed for $230 when they launched in 2021. Price hikes are commonplace, and an increase of $20 from the previous generation doesn’t sound too farfetched.
Samsung didn’t immediately respond to a request for comment.
The Redditor also posted some photos of the purported Buds 3 Pro connected to their Galaxy Z Flip 4 and the connection screen on the phone refers to them as the Buds3 Pro. Later, they post a screenshot of the earbuds connected that shows some of the controls. If it’s a fake post, it’s pretty convincing considering that the Galaxy Wearable app only connects to Samsung wearables.
The purported Galaxy Buds 3 Pro look like AirPods
The most noticeable thing about the supposed Galaxy Buds 3 Pro in this leak is that they have a similar aesthetic to the third-generation Apple AirPods down to the straight stalks and black cover on the back of the earbud. Ostensibly, this is where the Buds3 Pro’s noise cancellation microphones and various…
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